West Virginia,the State with the Lowest Percentage of College Graduates

question 7

Multiple Choice

West Virginia,the state with the lowest percentage of college graduates in the United States,

• A)is indicative of Americans' relative indifference to higher education.
• B)is evidence of the general truth that the states with the highest percentage of college graduates are located between the Rockies and the Mississippi River.
• C)is one of seven U.S.states with fewer than five institutions of higher learning.
• D)demonstrates how closed higher education in the United States is compared to the rest of the world.
• E)has a higher proportion of college graduates than most European countries.

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